Wolverine

Scientific name- Gulo gulo.

Description- Brown, small about 25-34" in length and 22-70 lbs in weight.

Interesting physical features- Short snout, 12 sharp claws, and a mouthful of strong teeth.

Wolverines live mostly in Alaska, Russia and Greenland.

Wolverines like cold and snowy climate.

There are about 2,560 wolverines

This is a map of were the wolverines live. The light yellow is were the wolverines live.

Wolverines eat many small animals and some berries.

Wolverines are both plant eaters and meat eaters.

Wolverines hunt for there food.

The wolverine's enemies are mostly humans and large bears.

1. Wolverines are very closely related to weasels and are sometimes called big weasel also skunk bear and many other names.

2. Dens built by wolverines can be 15 feet deep!

3. The wolverines paws act like snowshoes by expanding when they hit the ground.

4. Wolverines are known to walk 500 miles in just 2 months.

5. Wolverines are known for defeating large animals such as polar bears and black bears

Wolverine's interesting adaptation is a bottle shaped snout. The wolverine's bottle shaped snout is used to dig into meat.